Durbanville Hills, Collectors Reserve, The Promenade, Pinotage

• Vintage: 2018
• Origin: Durbanville, South Africa
• Taste Guide: An elegant, medium to full-bodied red wine with a velvety smooth tannin structure. Bursting flavours of ripe, red mixed berries are prominent with an enticing hint of dark chocolate lingering on the palate. This wine boasts a well-balanced acidity and sublime mouthfeel.
  Food pairing: Pair with venison and mildly spiced dishes as well as aubergine Lusaka.
• 75cl - 14% - Traditional Cork Opening

The grapes for the Durbanville Hills Collectors Reserve The Promenade Pinotage is made from 100% Pinotage grapes sourced from a 17-year-old vineyard on the open Westerly side of the valley. The block faces to the West, exposing it to the afternoon sun and the soils here are fairly deep and of the yellow Clovelly and red Hutton forms.

The Pinotage grapes are handpicked and are destemmed over a sorting table and sent to 15 ton fermenters. The wine is fermented with regular pumping overs, in combination with compressed air, to extract maximum fruit, colour and tannin. The wine was then matured in a combination new and second fill, tight grained medium toasted French oak barrels for 14 months.

£15+ at one other UK wine merchant when checked; Feb ‘24. Just £9.99 is incredible value so stock up as this one is sure to vanish quickly.